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Personal info

Full name
SASSO, Joseph
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
New York

Military service

Service number
32006546
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vittonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 83

Immediate family

Members
Mabel Sasso (mother)
Benjamin Sasso (brother)
Sophie (Sysak) Sasso (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph Sasso worked as a driller before he joined the Regular Army in New York City, New York on 28 November 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder,

Photo source: Peter Schouteten